Dr Martin Dick

Position	Senior Lecturer
School / Work Unit	Business Information Technology
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 5976 martin.dick@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 108 Level: 17 Room: 22 City Campus
Portfolio	Business

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Computing in the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monash University. The Benefits of Object Technology to Australian Software Development Organisations.

Bachelor of Computing (Honours) - Department of Information Systems, Monash University. Graded as H1. Training Issues in the Introduction of Object-Oriented Technologies to Organisations.

Awarded the Simsion-Bowles Prize for Systems Analysis.

Grants

2004 – Monash University Faculty of Information Technology Small Grants Scheme - Developing strategies to foster acceptable work practices amongst undergraduate students - $9,893.84

2002 – Monash University Faculty of Information Technology Teaching Innovation Fund - Development of stage 2 of the PASEWeb software (Personal Assistant for Software Engineers on the Web) - $36,000

2001 – Monash University Faculty of Information Technology Teaching Innovation Fund - Development of stage 1 of the PASEWeb software (Personal Assistant for Software Engineers on the Web) - $20,000

Refereed Journal Articles

Carter, J., English, J., Ala-Mukta, K. Dick, M., Fone, W, Fuller, U. and Sheard, J. (2003) How Shall We Assess This? In SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 35 (4).

Sheard, J., Markham, S. and Dick, M. (2003) Investigating differences in cheating behaviours of undergraduate and graduate IT students: the maturity and motivation factors. Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Volume 22 (1).

Dick, M.,Sheard, J., Bareiss, C., Carter, J., Joyce, D., Harding, T. and Laxer, C. (2003) Addressing Student Cheating: Definitions and Solutions. SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 34 (December)

Postema, M. Dick, M. & Miller, J. (2000). Tool Support for Teaching the Personal Software Process in the Special Australasian Issue of Computer Science Education.

Mingins, V., Miller, J. Dick, M. & Postema, M. (1999). How We Teach Software Engineering. Journal of Object-Oriented Programming. Vol 11, No. 9 February 1999, pp 64-74.

Rouse, A. C. and Dick, M. (1995) Using Computerized Tools for Qualitative Studies in Information Systems: Two Case Studies Australian Journal of Social Research (Jan) 101-118

Rouse, A. & Dick, M. (1994) The use of NUDIST, a computerized analytical tool, to support qualitative information systems research. Information Technology & People. Vol 7, No. 3. (1994), 50-62.

Refereed Conference Papers

Dick, M. (2005). Organizational Drivers for Adopting Object Technology and Their Impact on the Success of Adoption: An Australian Perspective. Proceedings of IADIS Virtual Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, 11-29 April 2005

Dick, M. (2005). Student interviews as a tool for assessment and learning in a systems analysis and design course. 10th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Monte de Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal, 27-29 June 2005

Pratistha I. M. D., Zaslavsky, A., Cuce, S. and Dick, M. (2005). Improving Operational Efficiency of Web Services with Mobile Agent Technology in the 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'05). September 19th to September 22nd, Compiegne, France. IEEE Press. Accepted for Publication.

Pratistha I. M. D., Zaslavsky, A., Cuce, S. and Dick, M. (2005). Performance Based Cost Models for Improving Web Service Efficiency through Dynamic Relocation in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies - EC-Web 2005. August 23 - August 26, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark Springer-Verlag. Accepted for Publication.

Pratistha I. M. D., Zaslavsky, A., Cuce, S. and Dick, M. (2005). Supporting Cost Efficient Decisions for Dynamic Web Services in Ad-Hoc Computing Environments in 8th International Conference on Decision Support Systems - ISDSS'05. 12th July to 15th July, Porto Alegre, Brazil. AIS.

Pratistha I. M. D., Zaslavsky, A., Cuce, S. and Dick, M. (2005). A Generic Cost Model and Infrastructure for Improving Web Service Efficiency through Dynamic Relocation in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Web Services. July 11-15 2005, Orlando, USA. IEEE Computer Society.

Keefe, K. and Dick, M. (2004). Using Extreme Programming in a Capstone Project. Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand 18th- 22nd January 2004.

Ceddia, J. and Dick, M. (2004). Automating the Estimation of Project Size from Software Design Tools Using Modified Function Points. Proceedings of the Sixth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand 18th- 22nd January 2004.

Sheard, J. and Dick, M.. (2003). Influences on Cheating Practice of Graduate Students in IT Courses: What are the Factors? Proceedings of the ITiCSE 2003 The 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Thessaloniki, Greece, June 30th-July 2nd, 2003. Association for Computing Machinery

Sheard, J., Carbone, A. and Dick, M. (2003). Determination of factors which impact on IT students’ propensity to cheat. Proceedings of the Fifth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Adelaide, Australia 4th-7th February 2003.

Sheard, J., Dick, M., Markham, S., MacDonald, I and Walsh, M. (2002). Cheating and Plagiarism: Perceptions and Practices of First Year IT Students Proceedings of the ITiCSE 2002 The 7th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Aarhus, United Kingdom, June 24th-26th, 2002. Association for Computing Machinery

Dick, M., Sheard, J. and Markham, S. (2001) The Reasons for Student Cheating – A Survey of Postgraduate Students in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education, (ed.) Chul-Hwan Lee, Seoul, South Korea 12th-15th November 2001.

Dick, M., Sheard, J. and Markham, S. (2001). Is It Okay To Cheat? – The Views of Postgraduate Students Proceedings of the ITiCSE 2001 The 6th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Canterbury, United Kingdom, June 25th-27th, 2001. Association for Computing Machinery

M. Dick, M. Postema, J. Miller (2001) Improving Student Performance in Software Engineering Practice In: Proceedings of CSEET 2001 The 14th Annual Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training. Charlotte, USA, February 19-21, 2001. Association for Computing Machinery.

M. Postema, J. Miller, M. Dick (2001) The Practice of Teaching Software Evolution: Including Practical Software Evolution in Software Engineering Education In: Proceedings of CSEET 2001 The 14th Annual Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training. Charlotte, USA, February 19-21, 2001. Association for Computing Machinery.

Dick, M., Postema, M. and Miller, J. (2000). Teaching Tools for Software Engineering Education In: Proceedings of the ITiCSE 2000 The 5th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Helsinki, Finland, July 11-13, 2000. Association for Computing Machinery

Seen, M., Taylor P. and Dick, M. (2000) Applying a Crystal Ball to Design Patterns In: Jezequel, J-M. & Meyer, B. (eds.) Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems TOOLS EUROPE, Mont St. Michel, June 2000.

Dick, M. (1999) The Benefits of Object Technology in a Greenfields Site In: Mingins, C. & Meyer, B. (eds.) Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS 32) Proceedings of the thirty-fourth International Conference TOOLS PACIFIC, Melbourne, 1999. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California. Pages 286-294.

Dick, M. Postema, M. Miller, J. & Cuce, S. (1999). Personal Assistant for Software Engineers – relieving the tedium of software engineering In: Debnath, N.C. & Lee, R. Y. (eds.) Software Engineering and Applications (SEA ’99), Proceedings of the 3rd Annual IASTED International Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. IASTED/ACTA Press Anaheim, California, USA. Pages 282-287.

Watkins, D. Dick, M. & Thompson, D. (1998). From UML to IDL: A Case Study In: Mingins, C. & Meyer, B. (eds.) Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS 15) Proceedings of the fifteenth International Conference TOOLS PACIFIC, Melbourne, 1998. IEEE Computer Press, New York

Dick, M. & Rouse, A. (1995) The Introduction of Object-Orientation in Australian Software Development Organizations: The Applicability of Diffusion of Innovation Theory In: Doukidis, G., Galliers, B., Jelassi, T., Krcmar, H. and Land, F. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Information Systems, Athens/Greece June 1-3 1995.

Dick, M. & Rouse, A. (1994) A comparison of practitioner and educator experience in object-oriented training In: Mingins, C. & Meyer, B. (eds.) Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS 15) Proceedings of the fifteenth International Conference TOOLS PACIFIC, Melbourne, 1994. Prentice-Hall, Sydney.

Rouse, A. & Dick, M. (1994) The Use of Computerized Tools in Qualitative Information Systems Studies In: Shanks, G. & Arnott, D. (eds.) in Proceedings of the 5th Australasian Conference on Information Systems Melbourne Australia 1994. Department of Information Systems, Monash University, Melbourne.

Peer Reviewer

Australasian Computing Education Conference (2003-2006)

Community Involvement

Member of the Program Committee for the 6th Australasian Computing Education Committee (2004)
Member of the Asia-Pacific Forum for Educational Integrity (2003 - )
Member of the Organising Committee for the 4th Australasian Computing Education Conference (2000)
Member of the Program Committee for TOOLS Pacific (2000)
Member of the Organising Committee for Tools Pacific (1997-2000)
Secretary and Editor for the Victorian Object-Oriented Special Interest Group (1997-2001)